XenForo - Has the vBulletin / IPB killer arrived ?

[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by ExplosiveGFX

And if they provided a bridge?

Well a bridge might be ok for some but its not really a substitute for a CMS in the long run.

Also let us not forget that the very same people who are developing XenForo now failed to give us vB3 customers a proper CMS and blogs throughout the vB3 series.

Will they be able to do it now ? Maybe, lets see. Till now even the forum is not properly developed and its too early to speculate about all this. It will probably be years before the full package matures.

But one thing I can say for sure. I have used both vBulletin 4 as a user and Xenforo alpha as a user.

And except the blogs, there was nothing in vB4 suite that I really liked over vB3. There was nothing in vB4 which made me say .. Wow .. I like that feature and I want it. Infact I disliked it.

I missed several vB features in using XenForo, but there were a number of new features there ... which made me say .. Wow ... thats cool... wish I had that on my forum. Which is why I see potential in that software.

Anyway its early days as yet.

[Brandon_R]

Originally Posted by borbole

The only thing I dislike after some more in depth navigation is the javascript usage. It seems like they have used it for almost everything. Personally I would not convert away from vb but I plan to buy a copy of it if the price would be reasonable.

The site works even with javascript disabled so both sides can have the same basic opportunities like posting and reading.

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Originally Posted by Boofo

Don't kid yourself, they are writing it for the eventual paycheck just like any other forum software programmer out there does.

There is a difference between a quick buck and one well earned.

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by ctweb

Just wondering, why??

The lack of addons(as very few features have been revealed so far) ?? or just bcos Xenforo is new?

what part of my statement?
1) it's brand new
2) my forum is working fine as it is, no need to change
3) it looks interesting enough to start a new forum with it, but not nice enough to convert an old forum

[TNCclubman]

Theres no doubt, vB4 is very underwhelming, if this xenforo was vB4, we would all be like WOW, vB4 looks so amazing. Didnt we all say... "wow, this is the next generation of vB?"

[Alfa1]

For a pre-release Alpha with various functions still turned off, it looks mighty good. It's very modern, which you cant say for vbulletin.

Off course its still a long way from having all vbulletins bells and whistles.

To me this means there is light at the end of the tunnel. Similar to how IPB is ramping up their development means that somewhere in the next year(s) there are other options to vbulletin, that allow us to migrate to without losing vital functionality nor losing content.

[x3sphere]

Had a look at XenForo and I'm extremely impressed. This is everything I thought vB 4 would be. I'll switch in a heartbeat when it's released.

I foresee lots of people jumping ship. IB has had a long time to turn things around and failed. The software is still not where it should be, especially for such a large development team working on it.

If the XenForo team can do a better job with only a fraction of the manpower then that gives me more than enough confidence to drop vB.

Originally Posted by Loco.M

I signed up the other day, it looks nice but I'm guessing its' a long way from production,
I could see ppl starting new forums with them, but I'm not looking to convert my vb forum to another script. If I did, it would be to ipb.

Call me blind but don't see what it's missing O_O Aside from the obvious like a built-in CMS or blog system. I'm only interested in the forum product, though. They also say it's due out end of summer, not far off.

[Lizard King]

Originally Posted by Spinball

What Internet Brands didn't realise was that the savvy vBulletin admins had loyalty to the people developing the product more than the product itself.
So when Kier, Scott, Mike and the others left, so did the loyalty of the savvy vBulletin admin.
I expressed concern at the time, but Ray's reply was that they had not lost experience from the team.
A large number (if not the majority) of the savvy vBulletin admin are still with version 3.
Those people, myself included, are excited to see XenForo because we know that Kier and Mike know what they are doing. Looking at their software, it is patently obvious.

Yes Kier , Scott , Mike's departure from vBulletin was a huge loss within vB Team however why vB failed has nothing to do with Developer quality. Things would not be different even they were on team.

[steven s]

Originally Posted by Angel-Wings

"early adopters sale as well" sound a bit like VB so if they've a similar price and the same licensing conditions - dunno if people will switch over.

Don't be so sure.
I think the difference is they will not release a beta version and label it GOLD.

[TNCclubman]

hopefully it has a photo gallery, but i love the twitter-like concepts and the modern-ness of it. This has a world of potential, keep in mind this isnt even version 1... we're looking at a work in progress and my mouth is dropped.

[BSMedia]

meh, it has a long way to go. Like really long way before catching up with IPB and vBulletin, heck I'd even put free solutions like MyBB and vanilla ahead of it still.

Some of the [url=http://admincommunity.com/content/articles/forum-articles/xenforo-forum-software/first-look-at-five-refreshing-xenforo-features-r49]Xenforo Features[url] look pretty amazing.